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Case ID: 12337
Classification: Fighting
Animal: chicken
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Attorneys/Judges
Defense(s): Paul Thomson, Andrea Harris
Judge(s): Judge Glen E. Conrad


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Saturday, May 5, 2007

County: Page

Charges: Felony CTA
Disposition: Convicted

Defendants/Suspects:
» Luis Aguirre Martinez
» Dale Edwards Moreland
» Albert C. Taylor
» Charles Leo Kingrea

Case Updates: 9 update(s) available

Four men were indicted on felony cockfighting and related charges Friday as a result of an undercover operation, a federal prosecutor said.

The charges arose from an operation that culminated with the May 5, 2007, raid of the Little Boxwood Cockpit in Page County, U.S. Attorney John Brownlee said in a news release. The raid came two days after a federal law went into effect boosting cockfighting charges from misdemeanor to felony.

The four, identified as Luis Aguirre Martinez, 49, of Manassas; Dale Edwards Moreland, 52, of Winchester; Albert C. Taylor, 65, of Luray; and Charles Leo Kingrea, 60, of Gordonsville, face conspiracy charges related to sponsoring cockfights in which roosters were transported across state lines, illegal possession of gaffs and knives to be used in cockfights, operating a gambling enterprise and money laundering.

Martinez is charged with being the owner of the cockpit and faces a prison term of up to 113 years and a fine of up to $2 million if convicted on all counts.

Moreland is charged with operating the cockpit and faces 38 years in prison if convicted. Taylor is charged with paying a bribe to a Page County official and faces up to 33 years in prison and a fine of up to $1 million if convicted, and Kingrea is charged with operating a business that sold illegal cockfighting accessories at the cockpit. He faces up to 13 years in prison and a $750,000 fine if convicted.

The 20-page indictment said investigators found bleachers and a concession stand at the cockpit, where participants paid between $75 and $400 for the chance to compete for purses as large as $21,000 in fights mostly to the death supervised by a referee.

If not killed during the fight, the indictment said, a rooster was almost always killed after it, the indictment said. The roosters were weighed before being paired off, and a series of fights on the same day at the cockpit was referred to as a derby.

The indictment said Little Boxwood could bring in as much as $5,000 a day, and alleged that Martinez agree to sell it to an undercover agent for $275,000.


Case Updates

Page County Sheriff Daniel W. "Danny" Presgraves is stepping down from his elected position on Monday.

Scheduled to go on trial on 22 counts in U.S. District Court in Harrisonburg on March 23, Presgraves submitted his resignation to the Page County Board of Supervisors. The panel accepted it Tuesday, Chairman Tommy LaFrance said.

Presgraves, 46, was arrested last fall after being indicted on charges of violating federal racketeering laws, money laundering, two counts of mail fraud, two counts of conspiracy related to a cockfighting operation, two counts of making false statements to federal investigators, four counts of obstructing a federal grand jury investigation, six counts of obstructing a law enforcement investigation and four counts of violating the civil rights of female subordinates working for the Page County Sheriff's Office.

Combined, the charges carry a maximum 300-plus-year prison term.
Source: nvdaily.com - Feb 26, 2009
Update posted on Feb 26, 2009 - 4:30PM 
The final defendant involved in a Page County cockfighting ring has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court.

Albert C. Taylor, 66, of Luray, entered into a plea agreement Wednesday morning, according to online court records.

He had been scheduled to go on trial Wednesday on five counts: conspiracy to sponsor an animal in an animal-fighting venture, illegal gambling; sponsoring an animal in an animal-fighting venture in which the animal was moved across state lines; leading an illegal cockfighting betting business; and two counts of conspiring to launder money.

Instead, Taylor pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, the agreement says. The remaining counts will be dismissed.

As part of his agreement, Taylor must cooperate with officers investigating other criminal matters and testify truthfully.

The investigation into Taylor and his co-defendants, Dale Edward Moreland, 53, of Winchester; Charles Leo Kingrea, 62, of Gordonsville; and Luis Aguirre Martinez, of Manassas, led to the 22-count public-
corruption indictment hanging over Page County Sheriff Daniel W. "Danny" Presgraves.

That indictment says that Presgraves and Taylor had a cockfighting conspiracy dating back to 2000.

Presgraves is alleged to have taken bribes in exchange for keeping the law out of the cockpit.

The indictment accuses Presgraves of being bribed by a corporation, trying to obstruct a grand jury investigation, molesting female subordinates and laundering money, among other misdeeds.

Although he is still the sheriff, U.S. District Judge B. Waugh Crigler has barred him from performing his law-enforcement duties and from having contact with potential witnesses.

On Tuesday, District Judge Glen E. Conrad agreed to let Presgraves communicate in writing with Sheriff's Office members regarding the upcoming budget cycle, according to court records. However, those exchanges must go through a third party.

A tentative trial date of March 16 has been set for Presgraves on public corruption charges, according to court records. He remains free on $50,000 bail.
Source: NV Daily - Dec 18, 2008
Update posted on Jan 3, 2009 - 5:10PM 
The Manassas man who owned the cockfighting pit linked to the federal indictment of Page County Sheriff Daniel W. "Danny" Presgraves says he should receive a lighter sentence next week because his wife has never had a job.

Luis Aguirre Martinez, 50, is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court for conspiracy to sponsor an animal-fighting venture where animals were moved in interstate commerce and money laundering. Six more charges will be dropped as part of a plea agreement.

Martinez owned Little Boxwood, a cockpit on Kite Hollow Road near Stanley in Page County. He was indicted in September 2007 along with Dale Edward Moreland, 53, of Winchester; Albert C. Taylor, 66, of Luray; and Charles Leo Kingrea, 61, of Gordonsville.

In a sentencing memo filed in U.S. District Court on Thursday, Martinez's attorney, Douglas C. McNabb, asks that his client be sentenced to three months in prison, followed by three months of home incarceration. It says that Martinez has forfeited $19,600, plus funds in two bank accounts and $100,000 in cash to release the government's hold on his property.

A longtime legal permanent resident from Mexico, Martinez faces deportation after his release, the memo says. It says he has a wife and four children. Three of his children and his granddaughter live with Martinez and his wife.

"On November 13, 2008, Mr. Martinez will appear before this Honorable Court as a remorseful and better man," the memo says. "Because his wife has never worked a day in her life, her ability to provide for those left behind when Mr. Martinez is incarcerated is never assured. Mr. Martinez is ready to be punished for the crime he has committed. Unfortunately, this means his wife, daughters, sons, and granddaughter will also be punished if Mr. Martinez is incarcerated for a lengthy time period."

Last month Moreland was sentenced to 18 months in prison for conspiracy and money laundering. According to the indictment against him, he collected entry fees and bets placed on the birds, and matched chickens for fighting.

A federal jury convicted Kingrea in June of conspiring to engage in an animal fighting venture or gambling related to cockfighting, conspiring to sell or transport knives to be used in cockfighting and serving as a principal who aided a gambling operation tied to cockfighting. He was sentenced to serve six months in prison and six months on house arrest.

Taylor is scheduled to go on trial next month on conspiracy, illegal gambling and money laundering charges. Prosecutors allege that he bribed Presgraves in order to keep law-enforcement heat off the cockfighting operation.

A federal grand jury sitting in Abingdon indicted Presgraves on Oct. 23 on 22 counts, including racketeering, obstructing a grand jury investigation, conspiracy and violating the civil rights of his female subordinates. He is accused of sexually assaulting or harassing a dozen women.

A bail bondsman posted a $50,000 bond for him on Oct. 30, according to online court records. Presgraves, who was allowed to remain free before the bond was posted, has been banned by a federal judge from going to work as sheriff.

In a separate indictment related to the cockfighting investigation, attorney Thomas M. Buchanan entered not guilty pleas Thursday in U.S. District Court on behalf of the Virginia Gamefowl Breeders Association, court records say. The VGBA has been charged with covering up illegal campaign contributions, conspiracy to sponsor an animal in an animal-fighting venture, and using the mail to run a gambling operation, money laundering, and racketeering.
Source: NV Daily - Nov 8, 2008
Update posted on Nov 9, 2008 - 6:18PM 
Two men will learn their punishment for their roles in a cockfighting ring in Page County.

Charles Leo Kingrea of Gordonsville and Dale Edward Moreland of Winchester are scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in Harrisonburg on Tuesday for sentencing.

Sixty-one-year-old Kingrea and 53-year-old Moreland are among four men who were indicted in connection with a cockfighting pit near Stanley known as Little Boxwood. The two other defendants struck deals with the government.

Moreland's attorney, Andrea Harris, has asked the court for leniency for her client. She said Moreland grew up among the blood sport and was unaware of laws governing cockfighting.
Source: MyFox Washington - Oct 14, 2008
Update posted on Oct 14, 2008 - 9:11AM 
A federal judge on Monday granted a request by Harrisonburg attorney Sherwin John Jacobs to withdraw himself as counsel for Albert Taylor in a bribery case related to a Page County cockfighting operation.

Jacobs filed the motion to withdraw on Sept. 4. The motion was granted Sept. 8.

Taylor, 66, will now be represented by Paul Thomson of Winchester.

In court documents concerning the motion, Jacobs cited that "the defendant informed present counsel that he felt that he had no confidence in him in that he believed that present counsel was more on the government's side than his side." Taylor's new attorney, Thomson, was present when those comments were made to Jacobs.

The motion went on to say that "counsel believes that the defendant does not trust him and does not believe or feel that counsel is working for his best interest."

Thomson had been retained by Taylor to look into his case, and he was present at an Aug. 5 arraignment related to the clarification of charges against Taylor.

The motion to withdraw submitted by Jacobs notes that Thomson was present at a proffer session (discussion of potential plea agreement) on Sept. 3 with representatives of the U.S. District Attorney's office. It was at the conclusion of that session that Taylor informed Jacobs that he felt Jacobs was more on the government's side.

On Tuesday, Thomson filed a motion on behalf of his client for a continuance of Taylor's upcoming trial. If granted, the trial would be moved from the scheduled date of Sept. 23-25 to Dec. 17-19.

If granted, this would be the fourth postponement in Taylor's case.

He was originally indicted on Sept. 18, 2007, for conspiracy, sponsoring cockfights in which roosters were transported across state lines, illegal possession of gaffs and knifes to be used in cockfighting, operating a gambling enterprise, money laundering and paying money to a Page County official to avoid law enforcement interference at the cockpit. Since that time, the charges against Taylor have been reduced to sponsoring an interstate animal-fighting venture and illegal gambling ring, and for bribing a county official to avoid law enforcement interference.

Taylor, along with four others allegedly involved in cockfighting operations at the Little Boxwood site in Kite Hollow, had an original trial date of Nov. 27, 2007. Following three continuances and a motion for Taylor to be tried separate from the other three, a date of Sept. 23 was set. In a Jan. 7 court document noting one of the moved trial dates (from Feb. 5 to March 31), the document states: "NO FURTHER CONTINUANCE will be granted in this case."

Jacobs was brought in as Taylor's counsel in March after his original attorney, John Hart Jr. of Harrisonburg, was granted a withdrawal. It was determined at the time that a possible witness in the case was formerly one of Hart's clients, creating a potential conflict of interest for Hart.

This makes Thomson the third attorney to represent Taylor in this case.

Taylor, along with Charles Kingrea, Luis Martinez and Dale Moreland, were indicted on felony charges surrounding an illegal cockfighting operation. Taylor is the only one of the four to have not gone to trial or reach a plea agreement.

In March, Martinez and Moreland signed a plea agreement with the prosecution. Both pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy and money laundering, with the other charges being dropped in return for providing additional testimony in an ongoing investigation.

Kingrea was found guilty in June of conspiracy to engage in an animal fighting venture, transporting a gaff or knife to be used in cockfighting, and aiding and abetting a gambling business associated with cockfighting.

All three are expected to receive sentencing on Friday, Oct. 3.

The official cited in the bribery charge was later identified in court documents as Page County Sheriff Danny Presgraves. The sheriff has not been charged in the case. The case remains under investigation.
Source: Daily News Record - Sept 10, 2008
Update posted on Sep 10, 2008 - 11:46PM 
After almost two hours of deliberations in U.S. District court on June 13, jurors found Charles Leo Kingrea guilty of participating in a Page County cockfighting ring.

The prosecution alleged that Kingrea, 61, of Gordonsville, operated a stand that sold supplies for cockfights at Little Boxwood, located outside of Stanley. He was convicted of conspiracy to engage in an animal-fighting venture, aiding and abetting a gambling business associated with cockfighting and transporting a gaff, or knife used in cockfighting.

The latter became illegal on May 2, 2007, making this the first cockfighting case to be prosecuted under the new federal law.

A fourth count, being a principal aider or abettor in cockfighting activity, was dismissed due to a wording technicality in the indictment.

Kingrea, who has no previous criminal record, will likely receive a two- to three-year prison sentence when he's sentenced Oct. 3.

He was one of four Virginia men indicted in connection with Little Boxwood on Sept. 18.

Luis Aguirre Martinez, 49, of Manassas, and Dale Edward Moreland, 52, of Winchester, struck plea deals. Both will be sentenced following the prosecution of Albert Taylor, 65, of Luray, who's scheduled for trial on Sept. 23.

Taylor is accused of paying a bribe to a county official to protect the operation.

Although the indictment doesn't name the official, court documents and prosecutors have since identified the official as Page County Sheriff Daniel Presgraves.
Source: RocktownWeekly.Com - Jun 20, 2008
Update posted on Jun 20, 2008 - 1:03PM 
Pictures of dead chickens, a cockpit and fight schedules are among the evidence the federal government plans to present in U.S. District Court in next week's case against an alleged cockfighting operation in Page County.

One photo is of a "Sheriff's Association Cockfighting Handout found at Little Boxwood," according to the government's proposed trial exhibits filed in online court records.

Charles Leo Kingrea, 60, of Gordonsville, is scheduled to be tried Thursday and Friday on charges of conspiracy to sponsor an animal fighting venture in which animals were moved in interstate commerce, illegal gambling and conspiracy to defraud the U.S through conspiring to deliver a sharp instrument to be used in animal fighting, and with being a principal who "conduct, finance, manage, supervise, direct and own all or part of an illegal gambling business, said business involving betting on cockfighting."

He was indicted in September, along with Winchester resident Dale Edward Moreland, 52; Albert C. Taylor, 65, of Luray; and Luis Aguirre Martinez, 49, of Manassas.

In the indictment against them, an unnamed Page County official is accused of receiving payments to keep law enforcement away from the alleged chicken fighting ring.

The Little Boxwood Cockpit on Kite Hollow Road in Page County was raided on May 5, 2007, following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney John Brownlee's office.

Shortly after the indictment was handed down, Page County Sheriff Daniel W. Presgraves issued a press release acknowledging he'd received a $500 donation from Taylor, but denying it was a bribe. He said the money was properly deposited and logged.

Kingrea, according to the indictment, sold knives, gaffs, cockfighting accessories and medications at the cockfighting ring in Page County, as well as from his house and at out-of-state cockpits.

Martinez owned Boxwood, while Moreland collected bets and entry fees, picked which birds would fight each other and distributed the winnings, the indictment says. It says the cockpit made up to $7,000 a day, with participants coming from various states and Canada.

The government has filed its proposed exhibits. These include Little Boxwood rules, a sketch of Little Boxwood, a cockfighting video, and photos of minors at Little Boxwood, scales, weigh-in slips, and Kingrea's display table. Additionally, gaffs will be brought in, as well as a note from Kingrea's records regarding getting knives sharpened in West Virginia.

Moreland and Martinez have entered into plea agreements, pleading guilty to money laundering and the conspiracy charge. They're scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 3.

Taylor is set to go on trial in September.
Source: NV Daily - June 7, 2008
Update posted on Jun 8, 2008 - 8:11PM 
Page County Sheriff Daniel W. Presgraves' connection to a cockfighting ring emerged Monday during the court testimony of two of the four defendants charged in the case.

The two men - Dale Edward Moreland, 52, of Winchester and Luis Aguirre Martinez, 49, of Manassas - entered guilty pleas in U.S. District Court in Harrisonburg.

Federal prosecutors allege that Moreland was in charge of collecting bets and entry fees, matching roosters for fights and handing out winnings at the cockfighting venue known as Little Boxwood.

Moreland, according to the indictment, also was present April 4 when Martinez and another defendant, Albert Taylor, 65, of Luray, spoke with an undercover agent about making a $500 payment to an unnamed county official.

On Monday, Moreland testified how the payment would be made.

"When I was approached by the undercover agent, he wanted to make a donation to the sheriff," Moreland told the court Monday. "I contacted Mr. Taylor."

Presgraves, re-elected in November, has defended receiving $500 from Taylor as a legitimate campaign contribution. In September, Presgraves said Taylor's contribution was promptly logged into his campaign bank account and reported to the Virginia State Board of Elections.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Tom Bondurant disclosed after the hearing that Presgraves is the unindicted co-conspirator cited in court documents. Bondurant, however, wouldn't say whether his office will seek an indictment against the sheriff.

"We'll have to wait and see," he said.

Meanwhile, a federal judge accepted a defense attorney's motion to delay the trial of Taylor and the fourth defendant in the case, Charles Leo Kingrea, 60, of Gordonsville, from March until September.

Two Plead Guilty

On Monday, Moreland pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and one count of money laundering conspiracy.

Moreland, who was facing 38 years in prison, now faces up to 25 years. The federal government asked U.S. District Court Judge Glen E. Conrad to sentence Moreland at the low end of the sentencing guidelines.

Martinez, the alleged owner of a cockfighting ring, also pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and one count of money laundering conspiracy. Six other counts against him were dropped.

The plea deal, if approved by the court, would limit Martinez's prison sentence to 25 years, but his actual time behind bars could be far less. He has been facing more than 100 years in prison if convicted on all counts.

Conrad deferred sentencing, and a decision on whether to accept the agreements, until Oct. 3.

In addition to owning the ring, Martinez is accused of attempting to sell the business to an undercover agent, and divulging a bribery scheme during a recorded conversation.

During the conversation with the special agent, according to the indictment, Martinez outlined how the new owner would have to make a "donation" to the "county official" for protection from police interference with the cockfighting ring.

In his testimony Monday, Martinez admitted through an interpreter that the payment was for protection by the sheriff.

Both men are expected to cooperate with federal investigators, according to the plea agreements.

Federal agents raided the cockfighting venue on May 5, and the four men were indicted Sept. 18.

Trial Delayed

Conrad also agreed to allow John Hart to withdraw as Taylor's defense attorney because of a conflict of interest. Hart stated in a motion that he previously represented a government witness.

Conrad appointed Sherwin Jacobs as Taylor's new attorney. Jacobs requested that the judge delay the trial, originally scheduled to start March 31. Taylor and Kingrea are now scheduled to go to trial on Sept. 23.

Kingrea is accused of running a retail business inside Little Boxwood that sold knives and cockfighting accessories, some of which were obtained from other states, according to the indictment.
Source: The Daily News Record - March 18, 2008
Update posted on Mar 18, 2008 - 12:22PM 
A motion filed by federal prosecutors in connection with a cockfighting case in Page County names an unnamed Page County official as a "co-conspirator" in the case and says that he told county deputies not to investigate the cockfighting ring.

"It is the government's position that the charged cockfighting/gambling conspiracy involved an unindicted Page County Law Enforcement County Official whose role in the conspiracy was to 'look the other way,' to refuse to enforce applicable laws and to warn members of the illegal enterprise of any possible interference by other law enforcement agencies," the motion states. "It is clear that the County Official was a coconspirator in the cockfighting/gambling conspiracy."

The indictment in the case alleged that a "County Official" in Page County received a $500 campaign contribution from Albert Taylor, one of four defendants in the case.

Page County Sheriff Daniel Presgraves, re-elected in November, has defended receiving $500 from the defendant as a legitimate campaign contribution.

Repeated calls to Presgraves over the last month, including one Thursday, were not returned. However, he did release a statement when the federal indictments were handed down in September.

"As you will see when you look at my campaign finance reports, I did receive a campaign contribution in that amount from Albert Taylor, a [longtime] Republican," Presgraves wrote in a statement issued in September. "What you may not know is that the contribution was promptly logged and went immediately into my campaign bank account and my campaign reported it properly to the Virginia State Board of Elections for the public and entire world to see."

Though neither the indictment nor the motion names a "county official," a witness subpoenaed to testify in the case told the Daily News-Record that the county official to which the motion refers is Presgraves.

Presgraves has not been charged with a crime and it is unclear whether federal authorities are targeting him for prosecution. Calls to U.S. Attorney John Brownlee were referred to the department's public affairs officer, who didn't return a phone call.

The Case

The connection to a "County Official" in the case emerged on Sept. 18 after a federal grand jury indicted four men in connection with the Little Boxwood cockfighting ring, which operated in Page County's Kite Hollow.

The indictment alleges that Luis Martinez, 49, of Manassas, attempted to sell the cockfighting operation to an undercover agent for $275,000. The indictment further alleges that Taylor, 65, of Luray, received $500 from the undercover agent to use to bribe an unnamed county official.

Another defendant is Dale Edward Moreland, 52, of Winchester, who the indictment says was in charge of collecting bets and entry fees, matching the roosters for fights and handing out money to winners of the derbies.

Charles Leo Kingrea, 60, of Gordonsville, is accused of running a retail business inside Little Boxwood that sold knives and cockfighting accessories, some of which were obtained from other states, according to the indictment.

Martinez and Moreland have agreed to plead guilty in the case on March 17. The other defendants are scheduled to go to trial March 31.

Deputies Implicated Boss

The latest documents connecting a "County Official" to the cockfighting ring is a motion "in limine," in which federal prosecutors released evidence obtained through grand jury testimony, interviews with current and former sheriff's deputies and an official with a Washington, D.C.-based animal protection group.

A motion in limine, made before a trial starts, requests that a judge rule whether evidence can be admitted during trial.

The "County Official" told the owner of a cockpit in Naked Creek, the motions says, that he wouldn't shut down cockpits. The official also told the owner, "I'm not going to bother you at all," if the cockpit causes no trouble, the motion states.

The motion further states that the official told former Page County Deputy Sheriff James Moomaw "not to harass the cockfighters." It states that Moomaw can testify to the meeting and conversation.

The official also told former Deputy Sheriff James Roy, on several occasions between 2003 and 2007, that "cockfighting is not a priority of my administration," the motion states.

The official also told current Page County Deputy Sheriff Dwight Farmer "not to harass the cockfighters," the motion states.

Moomaw left the department in October and Roy left the department in August, Page County Administrator Mark Belton said.

When reached at his home Thursday night, Roy said he couldn't comment on the case because he is subpoenaed to testify.

Moomaw couldn't be reached for comment. A voice mail left for Farmer at the sheriff's office was not returned.

Complaint Calls Went Nowhere

John Goodwin, deputy manager for the animal cruelty campaign of the Humane Society of the United States, called the county official in May 2005 and gave him directions to a cockpit in Naked Creek, according to the motion.

"The County Official said he was aware of cockfighting and dog fighting in that area, but suggested that Goodwin call other law enforcement agencies," the motion states.

In an interview with the Daily News-Record Thursday, Goodwin said he couldn't discuss much about the case, but he did say he spoke with Presgraves and that the details in the motion are accurate.

"I talked to the sheriff," said Goodwin. "I want to tell you everything, but with the subpoena my hands are little bit tied more than I'd like them to be."

In September or October 2006, Rebecca Conley, a witness in the case, called the public official and complained, and gave directions to the cockpits in the Boxwood and Naked Creek area and a third, unidentified, cockpit in Rockingham County.

Conley told the official that she attended cockfights at the two Page County venues and witnessed gambling. She said she offered to provide the official a schedule of upcoming fights.

"In response, the County Official acknowledged that he was aware of cockfighting at Boxwood, but that cockfighting was a 'heritage' in Page County and he did not have the manpower to investigate crimes related to it," according to the motion.
Source: Daily News Record - March 7, 2008
Update posted on Mar 7, 2008 - 3:28AM 

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